Shears.



H. W. MILLER.

SHEARS.

APPLICATION man NOV. 1. ms.

7 1,243,540. Patented. Oct. 16,1917;

HUGH W. MILLER, OF PRINCETON, INDIANA.

SHEARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 16, 191?,

Application filed November 1, 1916. Serial No. 128,934.

To all whom it may concern Be it lillOWIl that I, IilUGH lViLern MiLLnR, a citizen of the United tates residing at Princeton. county of Gibson, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in tShears of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shears, particularly those intended for use in cutting thick or heavy material, such as metal, for instance.

object is to provide shears of iinproved construction wherein the handles will be so disposed that there Will be suitable clearance below them. when cutting, to enable the hand to be :"recl worked Without striking the material bei cut; fuither to provide shears lit an improved leverage resulting in greater power; still further, to provide shear; having a combined link and stop device.

Other objects and advantages will appear more fully t'rom the following description.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side eleva'ion of the shears when closed;

2 a similar view of one of the blades and combined stop and link.

t' the shear blades 1 has its handle no 0 i? oflsct considerably thereabm e the two forming a colabiiied bent structure whereby the hazicle 2 disposed considerably above the blade 1 to leave a relatively large space thcrebelon' "for the operation of the remain ing handle.

The other shear-blade 9. is pivoted to the blade 1 at aul extends rearivardlv there from. handle which is pivoted to the r of the blade 1 at 6 at its forward end,

.:19Ctl or linked to the rearward extenct' the blade 3 by a combined link and to ich it is pivoted at 8, intermedi H TlS oi said link and stop 7 The lower end ot' the link and stop 7 pivoted at 9 to the rear end of the blade 8. The upper end of the link 7 is provided with a face hr abutment 10 which serves as a stop to limit the closing; movement of the blades 1 and by contact with the lower edge of the handle 2.

The leverage afiorded by the manner in Which the handle 5 is pivoted to the shank of the blade 1 and to the rearward extension ba ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommlssioner weehihgtombfit of the blade 3 by the link 7, enables the operator to apply great power to the blade 3, adapting the invention for cutting heavy material or metal with facility. The handle and parts above described operating in the space provided by the form of the handle in relation to the blade 1, ives ample clearance over the material when the shears are being operates The stop end 10 prevents too great overlapoing oi the shear blades 1 and 3 and forms an eltective arresting device to predetermine the relative positions of the handles and 5 when the shears are closed.

Having thus described my in ventioin What i claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is:

Shears comprising a lower blade having a cutting edge, a handle arranged above the blade and eXtending in an opposite direction therefrom, a portion which connects the blade and handle and is disposed substan tially at right angles to them, a straight blade pivoted intermediate its ends to the connecting part aforesaid and disposed abovethe first-named blade -with its cutting edge arr: aged to cooperate with the cutting edge of the first-named blade to said straight blade and being arrange substantiall parallel, to the handle ti. oomed another handle pivoted to the connecting portion at a point above the pivot of the straight blade and extending substantially parallel to the handle first-named, and a link whose lower end is bivoted to the rearward c2 JlSlOz'l ot the straight blade and Whose middle portion pivoted to the last-immed handle and ha ing its end projecting above the upper edge of the second handle and serving as a stop for the first-named handle to limit the closing of the shears, the straight blade and the emnd handle being adapted to engage to limit the opening of the blades, the aforesaid handles being disposed above the cutting edges f the blades, whereby there is provided clearance to permit free Working of the handles when cutting the material.

In testimony \vhereo t, l signature.

hereunto ai'iix my H. W. MILLER.

of Eatents, 

